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      <h1 data-toc-skip>Short demo of the multistart method</h1>
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<p>The dimethenamid data from 2018 from seven soils is used as example data in this vignette.</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="downlit sourceCode r">
<code class="sourceCode R"><span><span class="kw"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/library.html" class="external-link">library</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va"><a href="https://pkgdown.jrwb.de/mkin/">mkin</a></span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span><span class="va">dmta_ds</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/lapply.html" class="external-link">lapply</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">1</span><span class="op">:</span><span class="fl">7</span>, <span class="kw">function</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">i</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">{</span></span>
<span>  <span class="va">ds_i</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="va">dimethenamid_2018</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">ds</span><span class="op">[[</span><span class="va">i</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">data</span></span>
<span>  <span class="va">ds_i</span><span class="op">[</span><span class="va">ds_i</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">name</span> <span class="op">==</span> <span class="st">"DMTAP"</span>, <span class="st">"name"</span><span class="op">]</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span>  <span class="st">"DMTA"</span></span>
<span>  <span class="va">ds_i</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">time</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="va">ds_i</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">time</span> <span class="op">*</span> <span class="va">dimethenamid_2018</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">f_time_norm</span><span class="op">[</span><span class="va">i</span><span class="op">]</span></span>
<span>  <span class="va">ds_i</span></span>
<span><span class="op">}</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/names.html" class="external-link">names</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">dmta_ds</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/lapply.html" class="external-link">sapply</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">dimethenamid_2018</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">ds</span>, <span class="kw">function</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">ds</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="va">ds</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">title</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span><span class="va">dmta_ds</span><span class="op">[[</span><span class="st">"Elliot"</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">]</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/cbind.html" class="external-link">rbind</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">dmta_ds</span><span class="op">[[</span><span class="st">"Elliot 1"</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">]</span>, <span class="va">dmta_ds</span><span class="op">[[</span><span class="st">"Elliot 2"</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span><span class="va">dmta_ds</span><span class="op">[[</span><span class="st">"Elliot 1"</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">]</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="va">dmta_ds</span><span class="op">[[</span><span class="st">"Elliot 2"</span><span class="op">]</span><span class="op">]</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span></span></code></pre></div>
<p>First, we check the DFOP model with the two-component error model and random effects for all degradation parameters.</p>
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<code class="sourceCode R"><span><span class="va">f_mmkin</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="../../reference/mmkin.html">mmkin</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"DFOP"</span>, <span class="va">dmta_ds</span>, error_model <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"tc"</span>, cores <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">7</span>, quiet <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span><span class="va">f_saem_full</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="../../reference/saem.html">saem</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_mmkin</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span><span class="fu"><a href="../../reference/illparms.html">illparms</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_full</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
<pre><code><span><span class="co">## [1] "sd(log_k2)"</span></span></code></pre>
<p>We see that not all variability parameters are identifiable. The <code>illparms</code> function tells us that the confidence interval for the standard deviation of ‘log_k2’ includes zero. We check this assessment using multiple runs with different starting values.</p>
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<code class="sourceCode R"><span><span class="va">f_saem_full_multi</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="../../reference/multistart.html">multistart</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_full</span>, n <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">16</span>, cores <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">16</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span><span class="fu"><a href="../../reference/parplot.html">parplot</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_full_multi</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
<p><img src="multistart_files/figure-html/unnamed-chunk-3-1.png" width="700"></p>
<p>This confirms that the variance of k2 is the most problematic parameter, so we reduce the parameter distribution model by removing the intersoil variability for k2.</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="downlit sourceCode r">
<code class="sourceCode R"><span><span class="va">f_saem_reduced</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/stats/update.html" class="external-link">update</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_full</span>, no_random_effect <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"log_k2"</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span><span class="fu"><a href="../../reference/illparms.html">illparms</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_reduced</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span><span class="va">f_saem_reduced_multi</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu"><a href="../../reference/multistart.html">multistart</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_reduced</span>, n <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">16</span>, cores <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">16</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span><span class="fu"><a href="../../reference/parplot.html">parplot</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_reduced_multi</span>, lpos <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"topright"</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
<p><img src="multistart_files/figure-html/unnamed-chunk-4-1.png" width="700"></p>
<p>The results confirm that all remaining parameters can be determined with sufficient certainty.</p>
<p>We can also analyse the log-likelihoods obtained in the multiple runs:</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb6"><pre class="downlit sourceCode r">
<code class="sourceCode R"><span><span class="fu"><a href="../../reference/llhist.html">llhist</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_reduced_multi</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
<p><img src="multistart_files/figure-html/unnamed-chunk-5-1.png" width="700"></p>
<p>The parameter histograms can be further improved by excluding the result with the low likelihood.</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb7"><pre class="downlit sourceCode r">
<code class="sourceCode R"><span><span class="fu"><a href="../../reference/parplot.html">parplot</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_reduced_multi</span>, lpos <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"topright"</span>, llmin <span class="op">=</span> <span class="op">-</span><span class="fl">326</span>, ylim <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/c.html" class="external-link">c</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">0.5</span>, <span class="fl">2</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
<p><img src="multistart_files/figure-html/unnamed-chunk-6-1.png" width="700"></p>
<p>We can use the <code>anova</code> method to compare the models, including a likelihood ratio test if the models are nested.</p>
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<code class="sourceCode R"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/stats/anova.html" class="external-link">anova</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_full</span>, <span class="fu"><a href="../../reference/multistart.html">best</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">f_saem_reduced_multi</span><span class="op">)</span>, test <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
<pre><code><span><span class="co">## Data: 155 observations of 1 variable(s) grouped in 6 datasets</span></span>
<span><span class="co">## </span></span>
<span><span class="co">##                            npar    AIC    BIC     Lik Chisq Df Pr(&gt;Chisq)</span></span>
<span><span class="co">## best(f_saem_reduced_multi)    9 663.69 661.82 -322.85                    </span></span>
<span><span class="co">## f_saem_full                  10 669.77 667.69 -324.89     0  1          1</span></span></code></pre>
<p>While AIC and BIC are lower for the reduced model, the likelihood ratio test does not indicate a significant difference between the fits.</p>
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